1950's Happy Days?

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Postives:
  • President Eisenhower kept the New Deal and also raised the price of minimum wage
  • Economy booming
  • Population grew by almost 30 million mainly beacuse of the baby boom
  • Families moved to the suburbs
  • White Americans living the American dream
  • lots of new musicians- rock 'n' roll
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Negatives:
  • Communism scare
  • 1 in every 5 Americans lived in poverty
  • African Americans and Latinos suffered the most from poverty and urban decay
  • Women were moslty confined to house keeping and job openings were limited
  • some protested against a "square" society